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How to pronounce author names starting with D

Author Pronunciations

48 last names beginning with "D"

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Edwidge Danticat
Edweedje Danticah
Ram Dass
Pronuciations vary but most have first name rhyming with arm, last with mass
Carys Davies
CARE-iss DAY-veez
Martin Davies
day-veez
Mark Dawidziak
duh-WID-zee-ack
Christopher de Bellaigue
day buh-LAYG
Louis de Bernieres
LOO-ey duh BAIR-nee-air
Alain de Botton
AL-on de BO-ton (the letter n at end of Alain and Botton is barely pronounced
Peter de Jonge
da JONG
Maylis De Kerangal
my-LEECE dee CARE-en-gal (second part of the first name rhymes with "fleece")
Kit De Waal
duh vahl
Sunyi Dean
sun-yee deen
William deBuys
duh-BWEEZ
Victor del Arbol
AR-bol
Sahar Delijani
sa-HAR deli-JAR-knee
Don DeLillo
D'Lih Lo
Monique Brinson Demery
Moe-NEEK BRIN-son DEM-ery
Nelson DeMille
duh-MILL
Tomie dePaola
tommy de POW luh
Kiran Desai
ki-run de-sigh (ki rhymes with the first two letters of king)
Rachel DeWoskin
deh-WOSS-kin
Hernan Diaz
air-NAHN dee-AZ (last syllable like the word "as")
Junot Diaz
JOO-no DEE-as
Kate DiCamillo
dee-camellow (last part rhymes with yellow)
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
DIFF-en-bah
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